National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The stated mission of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is "to support rigorous research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), to train researchers in CAM, and to disseminate information to the public and professionals on which CAM modalities work, which do not, and why."

History: "NCCAM was established, by Congressional mandate, under provisions of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, P.L. 105-277 (42 USC 287c-21). The Center's predecessor, the Office of Alternative Medicine, was established in 1992."